RUNNING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS! George's 7in7
On December 01st local group member George Davey and some friends set out to create their own 7in7 run to raise funds for MND alongside other similar events following in the footsteps of Kevin Sinfield CBE. George takes up the story.
It was a tiring and enjoyable week travelling across 4 counties, to run 7 miles, every day for 7 days. This year’s run took us from Perton in South Staffordshire, across Lincolnshire, to Rob Burrow’s Leeds Rhinos before finishing back on the famous Iron Bridge of Shropshire!
After fundraising following our family’s loss of our grandfather to MND last year, I wanted to honour the great Rhinos number 7, on the year of Rob’s passing, inspired by Kev’s challenge. A goal of £77 was set to try to get almost £100 before Christmas, to support MNDA in trying to find a cure, and support everyone affected by the disease.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE AN AMAZING £837 HAS BEEN RAISED BY THE END OF OUR FINAL RUN! 1087% of the initial target has therefore been donated and the association will receive over £1000 including gift aid… all down to people’s generous donations, thank you!
It was an honour to run with the inspirational Kevin Sinfield CBE for the second time, this year running and talking with him in Hull as part of a well ran event by the association, with a huge attendance. I was able to thank Kev for his efforts whilst discussing my event with former teammate of himself and Rob, Jamie Jones-Buchanan.
I would like to give a massive thank you to support runners Jacob Allen, Jamie Neadle, Joshua Swallow, James Butcher, Kiran Ram, Isaac Davey and on his own challenge, fellow MNDA runner Graham Berry. Their support massively lifted my morale on a tough week.
The Just Giving page is still live and any further donations are welcome… we are able to run… for many MND warriors this is all they wish for.
https://www.justgiving.com/page/george-davey-1731682121526?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
Until next time…
Harjinder’s Sky Dive for MND
On Friday September 13th last, Gulshan Radio Wolverhampton’s intrepid presenter, Harjinder Juttla, undertook a sky dive to raise money for research into a cure for MND. It took place at the popular Skydive Tilstock Freefall Club nr Whitchurch Shrops and was her fourth attempt, the previous three attempts had been cancelled due to poor weather conditions but this, and it being Friday the 13th would not deter her.
Harjinder explains, “I did the skydiving event for MND because it was on my bucket list of things to do, and I wished to do it for a good cause. Every little helps in the fight against MND.”
The inspiration for the event came from Wolverhampton couple Harinder Singh and Harjinder Mangat who lost their son, Kola, in December 2012 to MND and set up a webpage dedicated to his memory. Today Harjinder is an Association Visitor and like many of our AV’s they use their own experience to offer emotional and practical support to those in similar circumstances.
The total money raised was £2000 and at a special presentation ceremony held at Gulshan Radio’s studios on 17th October, a cheque was presented to MND Association Regional Fund Raiser, Amanda Devlin who accompanied by Black Country Group Leader, Michael Cronogue, were later interviewed by Harjinder Juttla on her programme about their vital work across our region in combatting an illness which affects approx. 100 people across the four Black Country boroughs.
Walk to D'Feet MND - Sunday October 20th 2024
